Short- and medium-term grain size changes in deltaic beaches (Ebro Delta, NW Mediterranean)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 55-67

  Guillén, Jorge ^a   Palanques, Albert ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BEACH PROCESSES; DELTA; GRAIN SIZE; TEMPORAL CHANGES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WINNOWING;

SPAIN, EBRO DELTA;

EID: 0029769350     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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